Since 6:08 yesterday evening. Much of Austin is also so afflicted. Expect slow blogging and much shivering…
Update:
The forecast brings additional risks of power outages and downed trees, which plagued the city yesterday and still impacts over 155,000 Austin Energy customers who don’t have power. A spokesperson with the utility company said it expects full restoration by Friday at 6 p.m.
Update 2: 24 hours and still out. New Austin Energy ETA for all outages is Friday night
Hey, hope that comes back soon! I’m north of you and crossing my fingers that our ice storm doesn’t take out the power here. Stay warm!
They’ve walked back the Friday evening completion now.
Now Kirk Watson says they have no idea when the power will back on. And Austin Energy admits they did nowhere near enough tree trimming.
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I am very glad we have Bluebonnet here in most of Bastrop County. We have never, in 28 years had a power outage go more than a few hours, only once overnight. Of course, it’s a Co-op and not a government owned/operator utility.
When the cold hit Tennessee in December, TVA chose to impose rolling blackouts. The geniuses were sure that short stretches of 15 or 30 minutes wouldn’t be a problem.
Burst coils and pipes resulted. Some HVAC and plumbing suppliers are having record months for sales providing replacements. The cost of the rolling blackouts has to be many millions of dollars.
We’ve gone from the most robust energy grid in the world to near 3rd world capability in pursuit of “green” energy. Seems the only thing green about it is the money lining some people’s pockets.
I lost power for about 18 hours last week in the middle of Los Angeles. High Wind.
Stan, the same happened in Texas in 2021. Not only did the rolling black outs last long enough to cause problems in all the homes must vulnerable to a power loss at the time; they also extended from 15-30 minutes to 90 minutes to 4 hours; which really made sure internal home temperatures reached freezing. All this in the interest of fairness, except… some areas never had a blackout, it wasted electrician resources on managing the rolling blackout rather than repair (which was also the cause of extended rolling blackout times, too few resources to do it), and made the devastation more wide-spread and expensive to repair.
From a coworker:
“This storm should be retroactively named ‘Arborgeddon'”